Wednesday, May 30, 2012

We recently stumbled on the prettiest, pinkyest, jewel box of a vintage shop in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. When you walk in to Pretty Parlor you're greeted by an overload of awesome girly vintage: colorful crinolines hanging from the ceiling, your favorite '80s children toys, and carefully assorted and color-coordinated vintage beauties. $25-$85 will score you a pristine vintage dress, and make sure to check out the cat collection (live and figurines).

The people at Pretty Parlor are so nice and helpful, and all about helping the vintage scene in the neighborhood. We love the vintage shopping map they put together (and then scanned on the spot so we could post about it). Definitely a must-see in the Seattle vintage scene.

Friday, May 4, 2012

I was digging around the garage of an estate sale, and stumbled upon an entire box full of mailers from a club I think I would have liked to be a part of - the Fad of the Month Club, published by the National Handcraft Society. Members of the Club received a new DIY craft every month, delivered straight to their door. It looks like the stylish wrapping and cute labels on the package were in better taste than the slightly tacky crafts inside (like the weird styrofoam lamb?) but I can totally get behind the idea of a new crafty project surprise being mailed to you monhtly:

Sadly, this member of the Fad of the Month Club seemed to be a little more excited about the idea of doing crafts than actually making them - most of her kits seemed barely touched.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

There are a ton of great vintage spots in Seattle, but this spot in the
Georgetown neighborhood may be the quirkiest. It's a trailer park AND a
flea market. There's only a few shops, but the prices are good and
there are treasures to be found. I picked up hobnail salt and pepper
shakers for $5. Definitely worth the trek, and hey, if you're lucky
you'll get invited to the kid's birthday bbq that seem to be a regular
occurrence.

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Welcome to Animal Head Vintage

Some might say that our devotion to vintage borders on obsession. Let's just say that if we didn't have this shop to relieve a little of the things we buy, we'd be drowning in circle skirts, pinned cardigans and old typewriters.

We try to keep a tightly curated shop, full of unique, interesting, quality vintage items that we think deserve a second life. Our shop is run out of a tiny apartment in San Francisco, and we hope you find something truly awesome while shopping here.

This blog is a place to catalog our love of all things vintage, vintage inspired, and shop-related.